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Orthagoriscus
Molebut Mole"but, n. (Zo["o]l.) The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola). [Written also molebat.]
Orthagoriscus mola
Sunfish Sun"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachid[ae]. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish. (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner. (d) The opah. (e) The basking, or liver, shark. (f) Any large jellyfish.

Meaning of Oriscus from wikipedia

- An oriscus is a type of neume found in gregorian chant.[verification needed] It is a single neume, meaning it represents one pitch, unlike a compound...
- initial neume followed by an oriscus and a punctum. The initial neume may be a virga (in which case the virga + oriscus may be together called a virga...
- groups of neumes are written in succession, read from left to right. The oriscus, quilisma, and liquescent neumes indicate special vocal treatments, that...
- Organology Organum Oriental riff Origin of the harp in Europe Origins of opera Oriscus Ornament (music) Orwell comma Ostinato Ossia Otonality and Utonality Ottoman...